Sunday, 31 July 2016

Beenie Man was set to co-headline at Drake’s OVO Fest Saturday night but was forced to cancel after contracting Zika virus and he is receiving treatment.

The Zika Virus has recently become an epidemic in the United States. The first local transmissions in the United States were reported Friday in Miami, with several cases of mosquito-borne transmission.

The Enugu-Portharcourt Express Way (the boundary between Enugu and Abia States) has become a danger zone for men of the Under-World who are actually Mobil Police Officers, stopping and robbing motorists in the name of asking for documents.

Today, I experienced their high handedness and high level of idiocy on that road as they pretentiously stopped the ITC Sienna I boarded from Enugu to Owerri and were asking the driver to open the backside glass of a Sienna for them.

The driver was quick to ask if they didn't know that the backside glass of a Sienna car doesn't open excerpt the doors are used for better view and he was like, ''yes I know, but I say make you open the glass'', give me all your documents and the driver did, when he couldn't find any fault, he demanded for the drivers personal ID card which was when the driver exclamated, asking what his personal ID card was for when he had his driver's license and all his vehicle particulars with him.

The spiritual leader of the Move­ment for the Actualization of Sover­eign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and International Coordinator of Biafran Christian Movement (ICBCM), Ndubuisi Igwekani, has said that more calamities would befall Nige­ria if the Federal Government con­tinues to detain the leader of the In­digenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

He warned that if anything un­toward happens to the IPOB leader, Nigeria would be on flame, adding that the African continent would not contain whatwould happen if he dies in prison.

Igwekani stated this after an emer­gency meeting of Biafran Christian Movement yesterday, calling on the international community to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to release Kanu to go for medical treat­ment. “Federal government has no power to continue to detain Nnamdi Kanu after a court of competent ju­risdiction had granted him bail.

Time 100 gal, actress and super mum, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde aka Omosexy recently celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary in grand style. Entertainer caught up with her during the launch of beauty product, Ghan­dour Cosmetics, in Lagos and she opened up on the secrets to her successful marriage. She also talked about life as Ghandour’s brand ambassador.

You recently celebrated your 20th year wedding anniversary, how does it feel being married for 20 years?

I am thankful that I am married to my friend and my destiny supporter. There is no relationship without challenges. Twenty years have rolled by and some people are saying ‘oh my God, you guys must be living without stress!’ I just want people to know that if you are determined to do anything in life you will make it. Generally, there are challenges in life. It could be with your parents or siblings so it is a normal thing. However, don’t use every opportunity for a quarrel with your spouse to justify the fact that everybody says marriage is hard and challenging. I understand that there are some relationships that have more chal­lenges. However, if there is any form of abuse involved, I think victims should find their way out quickly. But if there is no abuse, you can hang in there. I have had good times with my spouse, and now we are just friends, that is what matters most.

After what many considered a ‘stunt gone wrong’ Nollywood actor Ani Iyoho, was assumed to be fighting for his life at an undisclosed hospital, after receiving severe burns to his body on a movie set.

However, the actor is speaking out for the first time since the news went viral. He said:

"To my friends

For most of you who have ever commented or sent a chat to me you know I do all I can to respond to them all. So it hurt me deeply to keep you in silence and in the dark during this period. I couldn't avoid it. The calls were maddening. My phone had to be turned off till the matter was resolved in public where it started.

Fifty years ago today, on July 29th 1966, a man by the name of Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi gave his life in defence of our country and the then Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi.

His killers were a group of northern army officers who participated in the so-called northern "revenge coup" of July 29th 1966. No less than 300 Igbo army officers were slaughtered that night together with a handful of yoruba soldiers, including Fajuyi.

Lt. Col. Fajuyi was a yoruba man who opted to die in defence of an igbo Head of State. This was not only honorable and courageous but it was also unique and unprecedented. He was a selfless hero and a man that we shall honor and immortalise in the new Nigeria that is to come.

How Do you tell your girlfriend / wife "who you love" her food is not sweet? - How do you tell your man "who you love" he's not doing it right in bed - How do you tell your man " who you love" he's lazy and he's not a go getter like the man of your dreams -How do you tell your wife / your girl " who you love" that she needs to go to the gym and she's now overweight - How do you tell your parents "who you love & respect " you're marrying someone -How do you tell your mother-in-law "who your husband" adores that she's nasty to you and that if your food isn't nice why does she always pack 'take away?

You may have noticed the key words " who you love". We go about our daily lives bashing people, correcting people harshly about wrong orders in restaurants, bad service at the gym, or bad customer service at the bank.

Saturday, 30 July 2016

Like her or hate her, Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar doesn’t care about the negative criticism that usually follows her comments and posts on the social media as she told Saturday Beats in a recent chat.

Few days ago, she generated a heated debate on her Instagram page when she posted, “Can’t wait to disvirgin (sic) and have children. Please don’t preach on this post, the world have heard enough quote. Sinners will disagree.”

This comment sparked a lot of reactions from her fans, many of whom did not believe the actress could still be a virgin. In a chat with Saturday Beats, the actress refused to comment on the post, saying she had got used to the negative comments that usually follow her posts.

Davido and Babymama Sophie washed their dirty linen on snapchat and and as usual, it’s about their daughter. Sophie wants Davido to pay a particular bill for his daughter, but he refused and the drama began. Read all their messages inside...

Some days back, the news about Mayowa Ahmed a young Nigerian entrepreneur with ovarian cancer and in need of N32 Million for lifesaving surgery went viral. Nigerians at home and abroad touched by her plight, within a space of just 3 short days donated over $100,000 on her Go Fund Me Donation Page and a total of N85 Million Naira was raised!

A lot has happened after the donation and it has become one of the most controversial stories of the year! With different sources reporting that the whole thing was a “scam” and that Actress Toyin Aimakhu who started the campaign was involved in it too.

However, Toyin took to her Instagram page to tell her own side of the story, she wrote.

The Ogun Police Command has rescued another child, 10-year-old Promise Udeh, found chained in a house at Saraki, Adigbe area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.

She was rescued on Thursday around 7.30 pm when neighbours living close to the building where she was chained alerted the police.

She was rescued barely a week after the police and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps rescued a nine-year-old boy, Korede Taiwo, chained by his father, Francis, for over a month for stealing.

Prof. Abdalla Adamu, the Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has said that the university is working towards offering scholarships to 100 Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) in the country.

Adamu, who stated this at the 1st NOUN Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the university was working in collaboration with a local bank on the initiative.

He said that the institution had made its willingness to educate IDPs known to one of the leading banks in the country.

``A representative of that bank made an unofficial statement; but they said they would back it up to sponsor 100 IDPs in the camps.

The EFCC, on Wednesday, 27 July, 2016 arraigned five suspected oil thieves: Sokari Iminabo; Segun Olagunju; Uche Emmaneul, Obinna Ezinne and Tiny Patience before Justice I.J.Watilla of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a two count charge bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products.

The suspects were arrested on 26 April, 2016 at Anyako waterside in Sama Community, Asari Toru Local Government, Rivers State by troops of the 130 Battalion of the Nigerian Army. At the point of arrest, the suspects were in possession of a locally constructed metal tank, housed in a Man Diesel truck with registration number SOKOTO XA 614 BDN to convey illegally refined Automative Gasoline Oil (AGO) concealed in poultry feeds. ‪#‎oilthieves‬. ‪#‎EFCC‬

A trader at a market on 23 Road, FESTAC Town, Lagos, Ikechukwu Alu, has been arrested by the police for the alleged abduction and rape of a seven-year-old girl, Victoria.

It was learnt that the victim had been sent on an errand to buy a voucher (recharge card), but she misplaced it while returning home.

On getting home, she was reportedly chased out to look for the recharge card during which the 25-year-old suspect abducted her on Adeola Street in Amuwo Odofin, where she lives, and took her to a shop in a nearby market.

Alu reportedly made the girl to pass the night in the shop and allegedly raped her.

The NDA intelligence agency gathered that the said peace talk or dialogue by the federal government is a delay tactic employed by the federal government, to enable their purchased drones that are said to arrive latest end of August from the United State.

This whole thing makes us to wonder what kind of country is this? We can all see that President Buhari led government is fraud. They are not serious about any dialogue and made it seems the Niger Delta Avengers are the ones not ready for dialogue.

Mr. President you can purchase all the drones in Europe and Untied State. It won’t stop the Niger Delta Avengers from bringing the country’s economy to zero.

Few of us will forget the first images we saw of baby Hadiza on the Internet . Her body broken and severely malnourished .. She didn't look like she was going to make it. Baby Hadiza's image shook us back to reality . She woke us up from our denial .. There was an active war within our boarders .. And it was cold and wrong for the rest of the country to carry on like it was all happening on another planet .

Photographs of a recovering baby Hadiza a few weeks afterward was a beacon of hope ... Showing us how big a difference can come to the lives of the victims of this war when individuals, organizations and the government work together to solve a problem. It's clear we all must find a way to get involved.

I was delighted to meet a happy Hadiza when I visited on of the centers created specially for severe cases of malnutrition .I almost didn't recognize her .Her mother shared their story :

Kim Kardashian showed off her banging body when she attended her Grandma MJ's 82nd birthday dinner with the rest of her family in San Diego on Tuesday night.

The 35-year-old wife of Kanye West showed off her slender frame in a plunging black corset dress complete with leather skirt, showing off her weight loss since the birth of her son Saint in December. See more photos inside...

The Senate on Tuesday began the screening of the 47 ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval.

Buhari had on June 9 sent to the Senate 47 names of Nigerians to be screened and confirmed as career diplomats.

The President, in the letter personally signed by him and dated June 6, 2016, requested the Senate to approve the list at the shortest possible time.

There was, however, drama during the exercise as some of the nominees, who were drilled by members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs chaired by Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, could not recite the national anthem and the national pledge smoothly.

The N500B Social Investment programmes of the Buhari presidency is a means to energize the economy and deal with issues of poverty in the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Speaking today while receiving a delegation of the Muslim Lawyers Association at the Presidential Villa, Prof. Osinbajo said the social investment programmes would train people, create jobs, feed school children from homegrown farming and grant soft loans to traders, artisans and market women.

"All these are ways and means of energising the economy and deal with some of the harshest problems like poverty," says the Vice President while also adding that despite the current economic conditions in the country there is great hope.

The ABC has been told there are 14 prisoners on the list to be executed, including foreign nationals from Pakistan and Nigeria, and one Indonesian woman. Some of them may, however, seek last-minute clemency from President Joko Widodo, meaning their executions could be delayed.

Humphrey Ejike Jefferson and Michael Tutus Igwe ( pictured ) are among the four Nigerians listed and the Nigerian embassy has been been told to visit them as they could be executed around midnight on Friday.